--- title: "Connect PocketSmith to You Need A Budget - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New transaction\" fires in PocketSmith, your agent runs \"Add transaction\" in You Need A Budget." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-you-need-a-budget" --- # Connect PocketSmith to You Need A Budget When **New transaction** fires in [PocketSmith](https://apiant.ai/connections/pocketsmith), your agent runs **Add transaction** in [You Need A Budget](https://apiant.ai/connections/you-need-a-budget). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PocketSmith **1** trigger PocketSmith **13** actions You Need A Budget **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PocketSmith and You Need A Budget to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What PocketSmith can start in You Need A Budget - When **New transaction** in PocketSmith then **Add transaction** in You Need A Budget - When **New transaction** in PocketSmith then **Update transaction** in You Need A Budget Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with PocketSmith and You Need A Budget ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 31 actions - Trigger **New transaction** Fires when a new transaction appears in the authorised user's PocketSmith accounts. - Action **Add category** Create a new category for the authorised user. - Action **Add transaction** Create a new transaction in a PocketSmith transaction account. - Action **Delete category** Delete a category by id. - Action **Delete transaction** Delete a transaction by id. - Action **Get account** Retrieve a single account by id. - Action **Get category** Retrieve a single category by id. - Action **Get transaction** Retrieve a single transaction by id. - Action **List accounts** List all bank/investment accounts for the authorised user. - Action **List categories** List all categories for the authorised user. - Action **List transaction accounts** List the transaction accounts (e.g. individual bank feeds) belonging to the authorised user, needed as the parent for creating transactions. - Action **List transactions** List transactions for the authorised user, with filters for date range, category, account, type and search text. - Action **Update category** Update an existing category's title, colour or parent. - Action **Update transaction** Update fields on an existing transaction (amount, payee, date, category, note, labels). - Action **Add account** Create an account. - Action **Add payee** Create a payee. - Action **Add scheduled transaction** Create a scheduled transaction. - Action **Add transaction** Create a transaction. - Action **Delete transaction** Delete a transaction. - Action **Get account** Get an account. - Action **Get plan** Get a plan with all entities. - Action **Get plan month** Get a plan month with category budgets. - Action **Get transaction** Get a transaction by id. - Action **Import transactions** Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB. - Action **List accounts** List accounts in a plan. - Action **List categories** List categories grouped. - Action **List payees** List payees. - Action **List plans** List all plans (budgets). - Action **List scheduled transactions** List scheduled transactions. - Action **List transactions** List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters). - Action **Update category** Update a category. - Action **Update transaction** Update a transaction. ## Each app on its own - [ **PocketSmith** Manage your budget and forecast your finances with PocketSmith, the best personal finance software on the web.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pocketsmith) - [ **You Need A Budget** REST API for personal budgeting software, providing access to budgets, accounts, categories, transactions...](https://apiant.ai/connections/you-need-a-budget) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PocketSmith - [ **PocketSmith to BlazePhoenix** BlazePhoenix is an on-chain decentralized-exchange aggregator.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-blazephoenix) - [ **PocketSmith to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-mistral-ai) - [ **PocketSmith to Open Government, Argentina** Argentina Government Open Data. Public open-data portal — search dataset catalogs and retrieve published...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-open-government-argentina) - [ **PocketSmith to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-salesforce) - [ **PocketSmith to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-google-calendar) - [ **PocketSmith to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pocketsmith-to-stripe) ## More into You Need A Budget - [ **HubSpot to You Need A Budget** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Salesforce to You Need A Budget** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Slack to You Need A Budget** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Google Sheets to You Need A Budget** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Gmail to You Need A Budget** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Google Calendar to You Need A Budget** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-you-need-a-budget) Questions ## PocketSmith and You Need A Budget, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PocketSmith? Any of PocketSmith's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New transaction. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in You Need A Budget when something happens in PocketSmith? Any of You Need A Budget's 18 actions, including Update category, Update transaction, Add account and Add payee. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from You Need A Budget to PocketSmith? You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PocketSmith. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads You Need A Budget's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PocketSmith or You Need A Budget? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use PocketSmith and You Need A Budget without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.